Adoption of this amendment will REMOVE the unfunded mandate from AB323.
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Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sections 1 and 2 and renumbering sections 3 through 9 as sections 1 through 7.
Amend sec. 3, page 2, by deleting lines 10 through 24 and inserting:
“1. The Board shall establish minimum continuing education requirements concerning the care of persons with any form of dementia, including, without limitation, dementia caused by Alzheimer’s disease, for each person who is:
(a) Employed by a facility for skilled nursing, facility for intermediate care or residential facility for groups which provides care to persons with any form of dementia; and
(b) Licensed or certified by an occupational licensing board.
2. In establishing continuing education requirements pursuant to subsection 1, the Board shall consider any other educational requirements imposed on such employees to ensure that the continuing education requirements established by the Board do not duplicate or conflict with the existing educational requirements imposed on those employees.
3. The administrator of a facility for skilled nursing, facility for intermediate care or residential facility for groups which provides care to persons with any form of dementia, including, without limitation, dementia caused by Alzheimer’s disease, shall ensure that each employee of the facility who is required to comply with the requirements for continuing education established by the Board pursuant to this section complies with such requirements.”.
Amend sec. 4, page 2, line 27, by deleting “3” and inserting “1”.
Amend sec. 5, page 2, line 43, by deleting “3” and inserting “1”.
Amend sec. 5, page 3, line 3, by deleting “3” and inserting “1”.
Amend sec. 6, page 3, line 43, by deleting “3” and inserting “1”.
Amend sec. 6, page 4, line 25, by deleting “3” and inserting “1”.
Amend sec. 7, page 5, line 5, by deleting “3” and inserting “1”.
Amend sec. 8, page 5, line 23, by deleting “3” and inserting “1”.
Amend sec. 9, page 5, line 35, by deleting “3” and inserting “1”.
Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sec. 10, renumbering sec. 11 as sec. 9 and adding a new section designated sec. 8, following sec. 9, to read as follows:
“Sec. 8. 1. The Department of Human Resources shall develop a plan for increasing the number of beds in this state that are used to provide long-term care to persons with any form of dementia, including, without limitation, dementia caused by Alzheimer’s disease. The plan must include various methods for increasing the number of such beds, including, without limitation:
(a) Changing the rate at which Medicaid reimburses facilities for providing long-term care to persons with any form of dementia;
(b) The use of financial policies and incentives to encourage and facilitate the development and creation of such beds; and
(c) The use or modification of existing public and private facilities in this state for providing long-term care to persons with any form of dementia.
2. The Department of Human Resources shall submit the plan to the Interim Finance Committee and the Legislative Committee on Health Care on or before June 30, 2004.”.
Amend sec. 11, page 6, line 8, by deleting “7” and inserting “5”.
Amend sec. 11, page 6, line 19, by deleting “8” and inserting “6”.
Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:
“AN ACT relating to health care; requiring certain employees of facilities for long-term care to receive education in the care of persons with dementia; requiring the Department of Human Resources to develop a plan for increasing the number of beds in this state that are used to provide long-term care to persons with dementia; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.”.